| Stafford Castle | |
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| Staffordshire, England | |
 Stafford Castle | |
  Stafford Castle | |
| Coordinates | 52°47′50″N 2°08′48″W / 52.7973°N 2.1468°W |
| Grid reference | grid reference SJ902222 |
| Type | Motte and bailey, later Gothic Revival |
| Site history | |
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Stafford Castle is an ancient Grade II listed castle situated two miles west of the town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. From the time of the Norman Conquest and as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 it was the seat of the powerful Anglo-Norman Stafford family (originally de Tosny, later via a female line[1] de Stafford), feudal barons of Stafford, later Barons Stafford (1299) by writ, Earls of Stafford (1351) and Dukes of Buckingham (1444). The 14th-century stone keep was demolished in 1643, during the Civil War, having been held for the Royalists by Lady Isabel Stafford.[2] The castle was remodeled in the early 19th century by the Jerningham family[2] in the Gothic Revival style, on the foundations of the medieval structure, and incorporates much of the original stonework. Today the A518 Stafford-to-Newport Road passes next to it and it is a prominent local landmark visible from the M6 motorway and from the West Coast inter-city mainline.
- ^ Robert III de Stafford (d.1193/4) of Stafford Castle, direct male-line descendant of Robert de Tosny, 1st feudal baron of Stafford, died without issue. His heiress was his sister Millicent de Stafford, wife of Harvey I Bagot (d.1214). Their male descendants adopted the surname "de Stafford"
- ^ a b Philip Davis (26 July 2017). "Stafford Castle, Castlechurch (The Gatehouse Record)". Gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Retrieved 4 January 2020.